Incógnita

Incógnita is the name that we give to the figure who preside and protect Arqueología Ecuatoriana Website, from all the windows. Its origin is anecdotal, like almost everything in the ecuadorian archaeology practice. It is a unique artefact, without known context, falling in our hands from a paradoxical manner.

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Evidence of a long war between the Incas and the Cayambe of Ecuador has been uncovered with the discovery of 20 fortresses built by the Inca and 2 by the Cayambe on the Inca frontier. The Spanish told of a long 17 year war between them. The Spanish said the Incas prevailed in the end and massacred the Cayambe at a lake. The fortresses give some validity to the idea of a long struggle. One of the fortresses, Quitoloma, has 100 structures filled with Inca weapons. The Cayambe fortresses also had weapons, sling stones and bola stones, but no signs of a mass slaughter. And there is evidence that the Cayambe continued to occupy the area for a long time, perhaps becoming allies with the Inca.